fall 2019 - international film series

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GENERAL ADMISSION $9 / CU STUDENTS $7

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM

A moving doc AboutA brilliAnt Author

WEDNESDAY 8/287:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

THROUGH HER WORk AS TEACHER,EDITOR, AND NObEl-WINNING AUTHOR,

TONI MORRISON TRANSfORMED THElITERARY lANDSCAPE

BLUE NOTE RECORDS:BEYOND THE NOTES

TUESDAY 9/37:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

“A SMART, ExHILARATING LOOkAT AN INfLUENTIAL LABEL.”

—GLENN kENNY, THE NEw YORkTIMES

For lovers oF jazz, blues, and music in general

SWORDOF TRUST

THURSDAY 9/57:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

LYNN SHELTON RETURNSWITH A cONSPIRAcYcOMEDY HELMED bY

cOMEDIAN MARc MARON

The SouTh will riSe again...or noT

SPECIAL ENCORE SCREENING

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS

SuNDAY 9/82:00 PM ONLY

$9 GA / $7 STuDENT

MuENZINGER

A bEHIND-THE-SCENESLOOk AT THE uPROARIOuS

NEwSPAPER COLuMNIST ANDFREquENT CwA GuEST

RAISE HELL: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MOLLY IVINS


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A bEHIND-THE-ScENESLOOk AT THE UPROARIOUS

NEWSPAPER cOLUMNIST ANDFREqUENT cWA GUEST

The beloved Texas journalisTwho spoke TruTh To power

NON-FICTION

Thursday 9/127:30 PM

$9 Ga / $7 sTudENT

MuENZINGEr

FOur PEOPlE arE CauGhT INa whIrlwINd OF INFIdElITy

aNd lITEraTurE

A shArp new comedy by olivier AssAyAs stArring

Juliette binoche

I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY

AS BARBARIANS

SUNDAY 9/152:00 PM ONLY$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A YOUNG ARTISTRECONSTRUCTS A HORRIFIC

HISTORICAL EvENT FROM 1941

A dArk comedy from the director of “Aferim!” IN FABRIC

“A rAucous, full-tilt descent into bishop-sleeved mAdness.”

—hAnnAh WoodheAd, little White lies


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

HUMoR AND HoRRoR ENSUEAS oWNERS oF A CURSED

DRESS PASS IT FRoM PERSoNTo PERSoN

HIGH LIFESci-Fi drama From the

incomparable claire deniS

MONDAY 9/307:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

CRIMINALS ON ANExPERIMENTAL SPACE vOYAGEHURTLE TOwARD A bLACk HOLE

THE COMPETITION

“EvEryonE’s Equal, but only thEbEst gEt in”

TUESDAY 10/17:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

REvEAlS THE ADMISSIONSPROCESS AT lA FéMIS, THEwORlD’S MOST ExClUSIvE

FIlM SCHOOl

CLAIRE’S CAMERA

“Brilliant.” —richard Brody, thenew yorker


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A SERENDIPIToUS MEETINGAT CANNES TAkES A

PhoToGRAPhER oN A PAThof DISCovERY

12 DAYSA devAstAting documentAry

About broken souls

THURSDAY 10/37:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A jUDGE DEcIDES wHIcHPSYcHIATRIc PATIENTS cAN bE

lET bAck INTo SocIETY

CELEBRATING

STANSuNdAy 10/6

7:30 PMFREE AdMISSION

ATLAS 100

RARE FILM PRINTS FROM THE BRAKHAGE COLLECTION

HOSTEd By SuRANJAN GANGuLy

HONEYLAND

wED 10/9 & tHur 10/107:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 StuDENt

MuENZINGEr

DIrEctOrS LjubOMIrStEfANOv AND tAMArAKOtEvSKA SPEND tHrEE

YEArS wItH A bEEKEEPEr

A doc About A MAcedoniAnbeekeeper’s conflict

with neighbors

MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN

FRIDAY 10/117:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

TOM SKERRITT STARRED IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S ORIGINAL “ALIEN” AND ALSO IN THE

SHORT FILM PRECEDING TONIGHT’S FEATURE

From Greek myth to modern day sci-Fi, the roots oF“alien” burrow deep

MAMMA ROMA

Banned upon its release in italy for oBscenity, today pasolini’s

MaMMa roMa reMains a classic

FRIDAY 10/187:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A FORMER STREETwAlkERTRIES TO PROTEcT hER SON

FROM ThE SAME SNARES ThATwOUNDED hER OwN YOUTh

P R I N T

35mm

PIRANHASBased on RoBeRto saviano’s

novel “GomoRRah”

wedNeSdAY 10/167:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUdeNT

MUeNZINGeR

TeeNAGeRS IN NAPleS dReAMof A lUSH lIfe ANd eNTeR

THe PoweR-HUNGRY woRld of cRIMe

PASOLINIWillem Dafoe is the

spitting image of themurDereD Director

SAturDAY 10/197:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 StuDENt

MuENZINGEr

AbEL FErrArA’S rEtELLINGOF thE FINAL DAYS IN thELIFE OF thE 50-YEAr-OLDFILMMAkEr AND wrItEr

FIRST PERSONCINEMAVINCENT GRENIER

MONDAY 11/47:00 PM

$5 GA / STUDENTS FREE

VAC 1B20

DRAGONINN

Hing Ku’s legendarymartial arts classic

suNDAY 10/202:00 PM ONlY$9 GA / $7 sTuDENT

MuENZINGER

MING DYNAsTY swORDPlAY ANDINTRIGuE fEATuRE IN ThIs bEAuTIfullYREsTORED 4K DIGITAl TRANsfER fROM

ThE ORIGINAl NEGATIvE

CELEBRATING

STANSuNdAy 11/3


ATLAS 100



KAILIBLUES

From Gan Bi, director oF“LonG day’s Journey into niGht”


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A SMALL-ToWN DocToRINTERAcTS WITh PEoPLE fRoM

hIS PAST AND fUTURE

THE GREATBUDDHA+

An outrAgeous, poignAnt punk tAiwAnese blAck comedy.” —michAel

rechtshAffen, los Angeles times

MONDAY 10/287:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

TwO lIvES ARE cHANGEDfOREvER THANkS TO

A BROkEN TElEvISION

THE RIVERMing-Liang Tsai’s fiLM Made beTween

“RebeLs of The neon god”and “goodbye, dRagon inn”


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A bEAUTIfUl TAblEAU of THREE loNElY PEoPlE WHo,

UNbEkNoWNST ToTHEMSElVES, ARE RElATED

P R I N T

35mm

UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLDIn 1989, WIm Wenders got

the eU, the Internet, and the IPhone almost rIght

SUNDay 11/32:00 PM ONLy$9 Ga / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

a cRaSH SURvIvOR, a WRITER,a DREaM-REcORDER, WILLIaM

HURT, aND aN aMaZINGSOUNDTRack

NORTH BYNORTHWEST

TUESDAY 11/57:00 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

LIES, SPIES, AND cROP DUSTERS:jUST ANOTHER DAY fOR

cARY GRANT

ClassiC HitCHCoCk tHriller

P R I N T

35mm

FIRST PERSONCINEMAGIbSON + RECOdER

MONdAY 11/117:00 PM

$5 GA / STUdENTS FREE

VAC 1b20

MILFORD GRAVESFULL MANTIS


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

ThIS DOcUMENTARYPROVIDES AN INTIMATE LOOk

AT ThE RENOWNED jAZZPERcUSSIONIST

A visuAl poem thAt interweAves the pAst And present

THE PHANTOMCARRIAGE

SUNDAY 11/172:00 PM ONLY

FREE SHOW MUENZINGER

THE MONT ALTO MOTION PICTUREORCHESTRA RETURNS TO THE IFS WITH A NEW SCORE FOR VICTORSjÖSTRÖM’S GHOSTLY CLASSIC

A film About ghosts And AnAxe-wielding Alcoholic thAt

predAtes “the shining”

THE IRONGIANTYou are who

You choose to be

SUNdAy 12/82:00 PM ONLy$9 GA / $7 STUdENT

MUENZINGER

20TH ANNIvERSARy Of BRAd BIRd’SANIMATEd TALE Of A yOUNG BOywHO BEfRIENdS AN ENORMOUS

ROBOT fROM OUTER SPAcE

P R I N T

35mm

CELEBRATING

STANSuNdAy 12/1


ATLAS 100



FIRST PERSONCINEMAAdjuNCT ShOwMONdAY 12/9

7:00 PM$5 GA / STudENTS FREE

VAC 1B20

THE FAREWELL

FRI 9/20 & SAT 9/217:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A CHINESE FAMILy STAGESA FAkE WEDDING To

SAy GooDbyE To THEIRbELovED MATRIARCH

“One Of the truest and mOst beautiful lies yOu will see

this year.” —michael J. casey, bOulder weekly

MOVINGPARTS

Feature Film debut oF Cinema StudieS proFeSSor emilie upCzak

TUESDAY 9/247:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

AfTER bEING SMUGGlED INTOTRINIDAD, A ChINESE wOMANDISCOVERS ThE TRUE COST Of

hER ARRIVAl

CROSSCURRENT

Poetry along the yangtze river

TUESDAY 10/297:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

TwO lOvERS GRAPPlE wIThChINA’S MODERNIZATION

DURING A RIvERbOAT jOURNEY

CELEBRATING

STANSuNdAy 9/1


ATLAS 100



BECOMINGNOBODY

TUESDAY 9/177:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

HISTORIC ClIPS BAlANCE ANENGAGING CONvERSATION

wITH DIRECTOR JAMIE CATTO

a quintessential portal into ram Dass’ life anD teachings

THE RAVENHenri-GeorGes Clouzot made “le Corbeau” under tHe nazi

oCCupation; it was later remade as “tHe 13tH letter”

SATURDAY 9/287:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

ANoNYMoUS lETTERS TARGETAN AboRTIoN DocToR AND

PRoVokE A TowN To MANIA

FIRST PERSONCINEMADukE AND BATTERSBy

MONDAy 10/147:00 PM

$5 GA / STuDENTS FREE

VAC 1B20

ANTHROPOCENE


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A CINEMATIC MEDITATION ONHUMANITY’S MASSIvE

RE-ENGINEERING Of THE PlANET

From the people who broughtyou “mANuFACtureD lANDSCApeS”

FIRST PERSONCINEMASTUDENT AWARD SHOWCASE

MONDAY 9/167:00 PM

$5 GA / STUDENTS FREE

VAC 1B20

THE SOUVENIR

SUNDAY 9/222:00 PM ONlY

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A fIlM STUDENT fAllSfOR A cHARISMATIc bUT

UNTRUSTwORTHY OlDER MAN

An AutobiogrAphicAlexAminAtion of pAst love

THE RETURNOF THE HEROAn uproArious comedy with A

deceptive twist

SUNDAY 9/292:00 PM ONLY$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A SOLDIER’S FIANcéE wORRIED SIck wHEN HEIS SENT TO THE FRONT REcEIvES LOvE LETTERS

FORGED bY HER SISTER ON HIS bEHALF. HISHEROIc RETURN PROvOkES FURTHER DUPLIcITY.

GOODBYE,DRAGON INN

A historic chinese cinemAscreens its finAl film

TUESDAY 10/227:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

ThE TRANScENDENT lASTwORD ON ThE END Of A

cINEMATIc ERA

P R I N T

35mm

UNSHAKEN:THE ROAD TO WOO

SATURDAY 11/167:30 PM

SPECIAL RATE $12 GA / $10 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

DOCUMENTARY TO BE fOLLOWED BY A LIvEPERfORMANCE fROM

WENDY WOO

One Of COlOradO’s mOst belOvedsinger-sOngwriters.”

—Caitlin rOCkett, bOulder weekly

IN PERSONCOMPOSER RAFAEL ATTIAS

THE POLLINATORSNOON TO 1:00 PM:POLLINATORS FAIR

A compelling tAle of honey bees And the environment

SUNDAY 10/131:00 PM

$13 GA / $12 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

BEES ARE INDISPENSABLE TO THE FEEDINGOF AMERIcA BUT OUR AGRIcULTURAL

PRAcTIcES SERIOUSLY ENDANGER THEMAND OUR OwN FOOD SEcURITY

BIGGESTLITTLE FARM

A riveting story of trAnsformAtion And

leArning from nAture

SUNDAY 10/133:45 PM

$13 GA / $12 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

Two DREAMERS wITh ThEIR BELovEDDoG UNLock AND UNcovER A

BIoDIvERSE DESIGN FoR LIvING whILEBRINGING ThEIR BARREN FARM To LIFE

THE WAR ROOM

The doc ThaT made James carville and GeorGe

sTephanopoulous famous

MOnDAY 10/77:30 PM

FREE ADMISSIOn!

MUEnZInGER

CHRIS HEGEDUS AnDD. A. PEnnEbAkER GET

ACCESS TO bIll ClInTOn’S1992 CAMPAIGn

THENIGHTINGALE

TUESDAY 10/87:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

IN 1825, A YoUNG IRISHcoNvIcT joINS AN AboRIGINALTRAckER To SEEk HER REvENGEIN THE TASMANIAN wILDERNESS

“The BaBadook” direcTorJennifer kenT’s laTesT film

I VITELLONIFederico Fellini’s second Film

TuEsDAY 10/157:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 sTuDENT

MuENZINGER

FIVE MEN IN LIMbO bETwEENADOLEscENcE AND ADuLThOODDREAM OF EscAPE FROM ThEIR

sMALL TOwN

P R I N T

35mm

Intro by John bacus

Intro by brIan VaLEntE-QuInn, assIstant ProFEssor, DEPartMEnt

oF FrEnch & ItaLIan

Intro by brIan VaLEntE-QuInn, assIstant ProFEssor, DEPartMEnt

oF FrEnch & ItaLIan

MONDAY 9/97:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

TwO lOvERS lEAvE SENEGAlfOR fRANcE IN DjIbRIl DIOP

MAMbÉTY’S AcclAIMED1973 MASTERPIEcE

TOUKI bOUKI

One Of the greatest africanfilms ever made

TUESDAY 9/107:30 PM

$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

A wEAlThY woMAN RETURNS To hERNow-IMPovERIShED hoMETowNwITh A GENERoUS offER To hElP,

bUT hAS A ShockING DEMAND

hYENASA stunning restorAtion of

MAMbÉty’s 1992 sAtire ofweAlth And gender roles


$9 GA / $7 STUDENT

MUENZINGER

TWo GIRlS MUST chooSE bETWEENhAPPINESS AND SAfETY IN A

coUNTRY WhERE ThEIR lovE ISfoRbIDDEN bY lAW

RAfIKITHIS POWERFUL KENYANLGBTQ STORY IS ALSO AN ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF PICK

F I L M S F R O M A S I A DONOR PICK

In PErson EMILIE uPczak &coMPosEr raFaEL attIas

sPonsorED by thE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs & MoVInG IMaGE arts

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F R O M T H E T O U R N É E S F I L M F E S T I V A LTOURNÉES FILM FESTIVAL IS A PROGRAM OF THE FACE FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY, WHICH AIMS TO BRING FRENCH CINEMA TO AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

FLATIRONS FOOD FILM FESTIVAL

ART HOUSE THEATER DAY

IN MEMORIAM:TONI MORRISON

F I L M S F R O M I T A L Y

F I L M S F R O M A F R I C A

natIonWIDE scrEEnInG tIMED to coIncIDE WIth thE u.n. cLIMatE

suMMIt In nEW yorkIntro by ErIn EsPELIE, assIstant ProFEssor at cInEMa stuDIEs,

co-DIrEctor For nEst stuDIo For thE arts

DIrEctor JaMIE catto In PErsonsPonsorED by LoVE sErVE

rEMEMbEr FILMs In assocIatIon WIth naroPa unIVErsIty

Intro by JIM PaLMEr

Intro by ErnEsto acEVEDo-Muñoz sPonsorED by

thE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs& MoVInG IMaGE arts

Intro by JIM suPanIck cInEMatoGraPhEr nEIL younG In PErson

sPonsorED bythE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs

& MoVInG IMaGE arts

IN MEMORIAM:DIRECTOR D. A. PENNEBAKER

Intro by GEnE hayWorthoF unIVErsIty LIbrarIEs

sPonsorED by unIVErsIty LIbrarIEschEck our WEbsItE For IMPortant

trIGGEr WarnInGs rEGarDInG thIs FILM

Intros by “MEMory” cInEMatoGraPhEr robErt

MuratorE & “thE PhantoM 52” DIrEctor GEoFF MarsLEtt

Intro by Laura DELuca, DIrEctor GLobaL sEMInar tanzanIa

Intro by Laura DELuca, DIrEctor GLobaL sEMInar tanzanIa

VIDEo Intro by sabrIna nEGrIthE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs

& MoVInG IMaGE arts

VIDEo Intro by sabrIna nEGrIthE DEPartMEnt oF cInEMa stuDIEs

& MoVInG IMaGE arts

Intro by ErIn EsPELIE, assIstant ProFEssor at cInEMa stuDIEs,

co-DIrEctor For nEst stuDIo For thE arts

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fall 2019 - international film series

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